AWPCP – Classifieds Plugin

Description

Add a classified ads section to your WordPress site, quickly and easily.
Lots of features, very configurable. Easy to setup. Great support.
We’re the #1 WordPress Classified Ads Plugin: 8+ years old and over 10,000 active sites

Features

Ad Features

1. Search classifieds by city, state, country, username, or keyword
2. Allow AdSense ads to be displayed
3. Control over HTML use in classifieds
4. Limit the text size of ad postings
5. Standard form fields can be enabled or disabled,
depending on your needs (title, website, name, country, etc)
6. Allow or disallow image posting with ads
7. Automatic expiration of ads (free or paid)
8. Configurable ad display for AdSense placement
9. Classified ads can have a "Tweet This" button in their layout
10. Classified ads can have a "Share on Facebook" button in their layout
11. Classified ads can be flagged by community for bad/offensive content
12. Classified ads can imported via CSV files
13. Classified ads now support embedded videos
14. Classified ads can have character limits, supported by plans (different plans can have different limits)
15. Classified ads can be displayed on any page for a single category using shortcodes
16. Auto-verify ads with email links to post immediately upon click
17. Classified ads can be 'Sent to Facebook' inside of ad management
18. Support for displaying ad events in BuddyPress activity stream with [BuddyPress module](https://awpcp.com/premium-modules/buddypress-module?ref=wp)
19. Classified ads can be edited via front end, back end with or without registration (depending on settings)

Notification Features

1. Allow posters to be notified of expiring ads, renewals, and approvals of ads
2. Allow admin to be notified when new ads are posted, ads are edited and much more
3. Classified ad users can contact the ad poster without exposing
the poster's email (blind email system, similar to Craigslist)
4. Admin can (optionally) be notified of expiring ads

Payment Features

1. Allows for paid or free classifieds
2. Supports PayPal, PayPal Pro, Authorize.net, PayFast, Stripe and 2Checkout for paid ads
3. Allow for image posting limits higher than free ads
4. Multiple fee scales for posting ads (allows you to have longer ad
postings with higher fees)
5. Variable ad expiration lengths connected to fee scale
(e.g. allow ads to run for 30 days for $10, 60 days for $15, etc)
6. Supports a "credit system" or pay with regular currency per ad. Mix
and match if you want.
7. Support for ad "subscriptions" (packages of ads for a single price)

Ad Posting Controls

1. Allow admin to approve ads prior to posting
2. Allow admin to approve images prior to posting
3. Users can edit or delete their own classifieds
4. Admin can edit or delete all ads in the system
5. Secure system gives users a unique editing key to administer
their own ads
6. Allows for limiting image posting (by image size, height,
width and total count if desired)
7. Anti-spam checks for all ads posted via Akismet.
8. Flagged ads can be viewed separately to determine violations, and
then deleted or unflagged.
9. Ad Management panel, visible by users and admins for easier
ad creation/editing/delete.
10. Admin can post ads on behalf of other users with the ads displaying as
if the user posted them initially
11. Email verification step can be used to auto-post ads upon successful
verification link click
12. Ads can be posted to a Facebook page manually or automatically

Image Features

1. Allow image posting or shut it off completely
2. Control the number, filesize, height and width of images posted
3. Allow for different numbers of images to be posted with
paid ads vs. free ads
4. Allow for image approval prior to posting
5. Allow users to have a primary image for their ad
6. Now supports multi-image asynchronous loading

Premium Modules (Add on modules, not included with free plugin)

1. Category Icons (adds small icons to give visual cues to
your user for each category in AWPCP)
2. Extra Fields (allows you to add any custom fields for display.
For example, if you have a pet-related board, you might have
"Sex", "Breed", and "Dam/Sire" as additional fields you require for display)
Now supports search and custom ordering of fields.
3. Regions Control (allows you to restrict viewing of ads based on
locale, so users don't see items they aren't physically near them,
also allows customization of the region types, such as
village, borough, etc)
4. PayPal Pro Support (allows you to have an embedded payment
form on your site for use with PayPal Pro accounts)
5. RSS Feeds (allows you syndicate your classifieds for your users to
download in their favorite RSS reader and come back to your site
more often!)
6. Featured Ads (allows you to promote certain ads over others by
charging a fee for them, featured ads are displayed using CSS to
highlight them. Featured ads are always returned first in a category,
the overall ad list, or in search results. Also has a widget for
placement anywhere on your site. Full admin control of featured ads, too)
7. Fee Per Category (allows you to charge for certain categories
and not others, giving you more freedom on how to configure your classified
section. Allows for multiple fee plans per category, as well as a default
plan to cover "all other unspecified" categories)
8. Coupons/Discounts (allows you to offer coupon codes for ad
promotions to your users, coupons can be a percent off, or a fixed amount,
have expiration dates and be tracked by usage)
9. Subscriptions (allows power users to place blocks of ads at a time,
great for real estate agents, car dealers, anyone who wants to place ads in
bulk.)
10. Comments/Ratings (allows users to rate ads and place comments
on them.)
11. Authorize.net Payment Gateway (allows users to purchase ads,
subscriptions and credit plans using Authorize.net)
12. Attachments (allows users to attach PDFs, text files or other
images to their classifieds (great for job boards!))
13. BuddyPress (allows users to manage their ads in the BuddyPress
profile directly, see events from ad posting in the activity stream and more)
14. Mark as Sold (allows users to mark for sale items as sold to keep content
in your classifieds, but clarify availability)
15. Restricted Categories (restrict content from users unless they accept a disclaimer from your site.)
16. Ad Campaign Manager (put your own advertisements into the classifieds in 5 different positions)
17. Stripe Gateway (accept payments via Stripe for AWPCP ads)
18. PayFast Gateway (accept payments via PayFast for South Africa (ZAR) for AWPCP ads)
19. ZIP Search Module (search for ads that have address fields within a radius of a postal code)

Credits

Copyright 2009-18 awpcp.com

AWPCP Classifieds icons courtesy of http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/
dcfunctions.php used with permission under GPL by Dan Caragea http://www.datemill.com
fileop.class.php used with permission under GPL by Dan Caragea http://www.datemill.com

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Installation

IMPORTANT

Pre-installation note: If you have previously tried other classified plugins and you plan to give the classifieds page created by Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin the same name as previously used with other classifieds plugins you’ve installed, please make sure your database has been cleared of any entries in the wp_posts table where the post_name value and the post_title value are the same as the name you plan to give your classifieds page.
For example, if your classifieds page will be named “Classifieds”, you might have a wp_posts database entry post_title value of “Classifieds” and post_name value of “classifieds” still left over from previous installations of other classifieds plugins.
You need to check your database to make sure data from your previous classifieds plugins does not still exist. Specifically, you need to delete all entries from your wp_posts table where the post_title and post_name values are the same as what you plan to name your classifieds page.

Upload the folder another-wordpress-classifieds-plugin with its contents to wp-content/plugins/

Activate the plugin

Click on the “Click here to setup your site options” link and fill out all your various options to configure how you want your classifieds to run.

After you have setup your options you should create some categories and sub categories for your classifieds

After you have created your categories you should setup your payment fees if you are going to be running in pay mode.

Your classifieds should now be ready and working. If you are having problems please visit the support forum for technical questions, documentation and FAQs.

Yes it can. You can do this by creating fee plans for 0.00 and some other paid amount at the same time. For more details, read this article.

Will AWPCP work with my theme?

AWPCP will work with any well-written, WP 4.x compliant theme. Generally speaking, paid themes tend to be higher quality than free ones, so we don’t recommend those.

Whatever theme you pick, we recommend using the Theme Check plugin (available for free on WordPress.org) to validate how WordPress-compliant that theme actually is. The more errors and warnings you see on the theme when you run that check, the worse the theme is. You can read more about it here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/

(This plugin was developed by WP Core developers to validate their own default themes and is highly respected in the theme community)

In general, we like WooThemes as a solid company with great products and support. You can check them out here Or StudioPress

Can AWPCP be translated into my language?

Yes it can. AWPCP comes with many user-provided translations under the /languages folder. For details on how to do it, our translation guide will help get you started.

Is AWPCP compatible with WordPress Multisite (WPMU)?

Yes it is. However, you cannot “network-activate” the plugin (as this will share the database). Activate it on only the subsites on which you need a directory. This can be done under Plugins->Add New as the Administrator user. Do not “network activate” AWPCP as the “super admin”.

Our company has been using this plugin successfully for years. The only problems we’ve had have been relatively minor. As the updates have been rolled out, the code has been streamlined and server load time is minimal on a shared server (GoDaddy Business account).

We added the Authorize.net module, as well as the subscriptions module. We’re planning to add the coupon module, as well, in order to be able to offer our customers deals on year-long, unlimited classified advertising packages.

Add-ons need to be renewed annually, but the cost is reasonable and the customer support provided makes the cost worthwhile. The great part is that, through the various versions of the plugin and the add-ons, the author has done a really good job of producing a plugin that plays well with other plugins.

I would recommend this plugin to any WordPress site owner who wants to integrate classifieds quickly and easily. Configuring the plugin takes about 20-25 minutes, and may take a bit longer for newbies, but once configured properly, it works. Support is excellent and if there is a problem, the plugin author will help you get it up and running.

The author’s updates to the plugin have gone very smoothly over the past several years, including the add-ons. I’m waiting for Woocommerce integration for ad payment and PayPal Standard feature integration.

We have been using AWPCP for a while now and it has worked just fine. Recently, the sort feature stopped working and our customers were no longer able to add their own classified ads. I contacted the developer and was told they’d have a response in a couple of days. In the meantime, I thought I’d do a little check on the other classifieds plugins. They are less functional and super expensive! AWPCP is a dream in comparison!!! Anyway, the problem turned out to be some code I had added for a mail service. I deleted that and AWPCP works like a charm again.

AWPCP customer service is highly responsive to requests for help, kept me updated along the way, RESPONDED TO EACH AND EVERY EMAIL I SENT THEM, and solved my problem in a couple of days! I highly recommend them and their plugin! 🙂

Version 2.1.3.1

Fixed problem with category links where a 404 error would appear when AWPCP pages are used on the front of a site

Version 2.1.3

NEW: Added shortcode for display of single categories of ads: [AWPCPSHOWCAT id=4 children=true] where id is the category, children says whether to display child categories of this category or not (allowed values: true, false, yes, no, 0, 1)

NEW: Send email when Ad is successfully renewed.

NEW: Store and display the most recent date when an Ad has been renewed.